Historical Thinking Skills

What are Historical Thinking Skills?

• facts of history

• InSPECT themes

• tools for analyzing facts and relationships

• primary and secondary sources

All of the following are HTS EXCEPT?

• cause and effect

• change and continuity

• argumentation

• InSPECT Themes

What is a proximate cause?

• a long term reason for a historical event

• the most short term cause of an event

• a similarity to another society

• a continuous pattern

Why do we have to be careful of cause and effect analyses in history?

• History only has one major cause and effect

• Historical explanations should never change

• There as so many causes and effects in history

• There is no way to know how important a cause is in history

What is a continuity in Historical analysis?

• A pattern that is generally true throughout a time period.

• A difference between two societies.

• Prioritizing the most important cause for an event.

• Providing an example that supports an argument in History.

Which of the following is an example of a CONTINUITY in history?

• Humans have spread ideas over trade routes throughout time periods.

• Humans have created new technologies due to new energy sources.

• Humans created more deadly forms of warfare due to the Industrial Revolution.

• Human ideas changed as challenges to centralized leaders arose.

What do Historians do with Comparison skills?

• They look for differences between societies.

• They seek out the most important changes over time.

• They look for similar fundamental principles between societies.

• They look for long term patterns in societies.

What is an example of a CONTRAST analysis in History?

• Both China and India developed organization based upon the family.

• Britain used India to gain cotton for industrialization.

• India and China participated in trade across land routes.

• While Britain wanted to use Cricket to civilize India, India used Cricket to form a national identity.

What is the purpose of Argumentation Skills?

• To find the most important cause of an historical event.

• To point out a long term pattern in history.

• To find evidence to support or dispute a point of view.

• To memorize the facts of history.

Which of the following disputes Britain's argument that India needed civilizing?

• India had a long history of centralized governments.

• India had cotton resources.

• India participated in long distance trade.

• India was colonized by Britain for natural resources.